Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGABLE WATERS REGULATIONS 1958 - REG 19

19 .         Certain vessels to remain within 5 nautical miles

        (1)         In this regulation vessel means — 

            (a)         a vessel not solely propelled by oars, held for the purpose of pleasure privately and not for hire or reward;

            (b)         a boat licensed or required to be licensed under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 .

        (2)         Subject to subregulation (3), a person in charge of a vessel of less than 3.75 metres in length shall not cause or permit the vessel to be navigated at a greater distance than 5 nautical miles from the nearest point at low water mark on the mainland shore.

        Penalty: a fine of $500.

        (3)         Nothing in this regulation prevents the navigation of a vessel of less than 3.75 metres in length — 

            (a)         within the limits of any port or port authority port as defined in the Shipping and Pilotage Act 1967 ; or

            (b)         within a distance of one nautical mile from any island.

        [Regulation 19 inserted in Gazette 4 Nov 1965 p. 3803‑4; amended in Gazette 14 Feb 1975 p. 572; 28 Aug 1992 p. 4242; 24 Apr 1998 p. 2161; 17 Nov 2009 p. 4630.]